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Usage
This template should be put on talk pages, and is used to list up to 21 references which may be useful for an article but either aren't yet included in the article or which could be used more.
The syntax is as follows:
((Refideas
| (reference1)
| (reference2)
...
))
Each "reference#" should be replaced by the information on a reference. The template currently accepts up to 21 such reference parameters. Whitespace (including carriage returns) before or after the pipes don't matter, so you can have each reference on a separate line if wanted (as in the sample below).
For example:
((Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
))
produces:
| The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
There is also a "comment" parameter. For example:
((Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
| comment = These sources are already on Wikipedia!
))
produces:
| The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
URLs containing equals signs
When an equals sign appears in an unnamed parameter, the template treats everything before the equals sign as a parameter name. Use |1= (and |2=, etc.) before the parameter value if the text contains an equals sign (such as in a URL):
((Refideas
| 1=M. M. Loubser, Towards a Theory of Extinctive Prescription, 105 S. AFRICAN L.J. 34, 53 (1988). https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/tulr85&i=3
))
produces:
| The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
Free sources
Sources which have information available as free content which is compatible with Wikipedia or released into the public domain should be listed separately because such content can be directly incorporated into articles, rather than being used as footnote references. Each reference to a free or public domain source can be added using the normal parameters except with an "f" before the parameter number. For example:
((Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
| f1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
))
produces:
Category | The following sources contain public domain or freely licensed material that may be incorporated into this article:
The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
Already-used free resources can also be included in a separate section, by adding them with the parameter "u#" rather than "f#". For example:
((Refideas
| f1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
| u1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Another free source].
| 1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
))
produces:
Category | The following sources contain public domain or freely licensed material that may be incorporated into this article:
The following sources contain public domain or freely licensed material which has already been incorporated into the article: The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
Whenever a free source is listed, a category link appears below the image to help navigate to Category:Articles which could have free content incorporated from elsewhere.
Collapsing the box
By default, this box will be in an uncollapsed state – meaning if there are a lot of entries, it can take up a lot of space on the page. The parameter |state= can be used in this case.
For example:
((Refideas
| state=collapsed
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
))
produces:
| Reference ideas for Template:Refideas The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
TemplateData
A talk page banner that lists references that could be used to expand the article
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference 1 | 1 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | suggested |
| Reference 2 | 2 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 3 | 3 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 4 | 4 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 5 | 5 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 6 | 6 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 7 | 7 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 8 | 8 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 9 | 9 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 10 | 10 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 11 | 11 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 12 | 12 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 13 | 13 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 14 | 14 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 15 | 15 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 16 | 16 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 17 | 17 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 18 | 18 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 19 | 19 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 20 | 20 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| Reference 20 | 21 | A reference that could be used to expand this article | Line | optional |
| small | small | If true, makes the banner smaller
| Boolean | optional |
| state | state | Can be used to collapse or shorten the banner
| Unknown | optional |
| comment | comment | Comment to append to the end of the banner | String | optional |
| Free reference 1 | f1 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 1 | f2 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 2 | f3 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 3 | f4 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 4 | f5 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 5 | f6 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 6 | f7 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 7 | f8 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 8 | f9 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 9 | f10 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 10 | f11 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 11 | f12 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 12 | f13 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 13 | f14 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 14 | f15 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 15 | f16 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 16 | f17 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 17 | f18 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 18 | f19 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 19 | f21 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Free reference 20 | f20 | A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 1 | u1 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 2 | u2 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 3 | u3 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 4 | u4 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 5 | u5 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 6 | u6 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 7 | u7 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 8 | u8 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 9 | u9 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 10 | u10 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 11 | u11 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 12 | u12 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 13 | u13 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 14 | u14 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 15 | u15 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 16 | u16 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 17 | u17 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 18 | u18 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 19 | u19 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 20 | u20 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |
| Used free reference 21 | u21 | A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it. | Line | optional |